Work-table



(No Model.)

A. PATTERSON.

WORK TABLE.

UNITED STATES PATENT OEEIcE.

ALEXANDER PATTERSON, OF SYRAOUSE, -NEW YORK.

WORK-TABLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 428,939, dated May 27, 1890.

Application filed August 21, 1889. Serial No. 321,471. (No model.)

To all whom it Irv/ay concern/.-

Be it known. that I, ALEXANDER PATTER- SON, of Syracuse, in the county of Onondaga, in the State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in fork-Tables, of which the following, taken in connection with the accompanying drawing, is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to the construction of ladies work-tables, and especially to that class in which a receptacle for work is provided around the main standard and beneath the top proper, which has a removable cover or one which can be elevated and supported in that position beneath or within the top proper, and which receptacle is also provided in its periphery with spindles carrying spools of thread, removably, and is also provided with means for cutting the thread of each spool, such receptacle being. also adapted to rotate upon or around its support.-

My object is to constructsnch awork-table, producing a valuable piece of furniture and an article of great utility.

My invention consist-s in the several novel features of construction and operation hereinafter fully described, and which are specifically set forth in the claim hereunto annexed.

It is constructed as follows, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, in which I show an elevation of the table complete, some parts being shown by dotted lines.

A is the main standard provided with branchinglegs 1 at its lower end and with a tenon at its upper end, upon which the top 2 is Iitted. The legs 1 have studs or projections 3 upon their top surface, all being in the same horizontal plane, and these studs carry the work-receptacle B. This receptacle consists of a flat disk 4, which constitutes the bottom; a circular rim 5, which is the top; solid spindies 6, which connect the top to the bottom rigidly; posts 7, which are secured in the bottom and stand above it in the same vertical alignment as the spindles, and the spool-pins 8, the stems of which pass through holes in the rim 5 and Iit into the upper ends of the posts 7, and the balls or buttons 9 rest upon the rim, each ball being provided with an arm 10, which is sharpened on one edge and stands at an angle to the ball, substantially as shown in the drawing.

The cover 11 of the receptacle can be either a flat disk or a rim of wood or metal covered with cloth, either tight or loose, as shown by the dotted lines at 12, andwhen loose it is preferably secured to the standard. This cover is adapted to be raised up and secured or supported by the buttons 13 (shown in dotted lilies) out of the way.

The disk or bottomeiits loosely around the standard A, so that the receptacle can be rotated thereon, so as to bring to the most convenient point any particular spool 14, and any spool can be removed by raising its pin S up out of that post, and replaced by pass'- ing the pin through the spool and into the post.

That I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The combination, with the standard, the legs provided with studs projecting above their upper faces, and the top mounted upon the standard and provided with buttons upon its under side, of the work-receptacle mounted and adapted to rotate upon the standard, and consist-ing of a bottom, a top, spindles connecting them, posts mounted in the bottom, and pins adapted to receive the spools and passing through the top and into the posts, and a cover on top of the receptacle fitting around the standard and adapted to be raised up to and supported by the tabletop, as set forth. v

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 1st day of August, 1889.

ALEXANDER PATTERSON. 

